"Wife, leave the rest to me, you go and take a rest!"
Chen Wang walked up to Lin Xiuqin and said to her with a smile.
Lin Xiuqin was indeed a little tired. She nodded slightly and stepped back.
"Oh, Xiuqin, Awang is so good to you."
"Yes, I am so envious!"
Several women were talking to each other and saying nice things.
Lin Xiuqin's pretty face slowly turned pink, and she turned shyly and went into the house.
Chen Wang bought the lobsters brought by several women one by one, and only his aunt's were left.
Several women who had just sold their lobsters did not leave, as they still wanted to see what was going on.
Everyone in the village knew about the situation of Chen Wang's family and his uncle's family.
Ever since Chen Wang recovered and his life became more and more prosperous, many people in the village regarded Uncle Chen Wang's family as a joke and often talked about them when they got together to chat.
Chen Wang glanced at the two plastic buckets at his aunt's feet, which were almost full of lobsters.
Obviously, this could not have been done by my aunt alone. Most likely, the entire family of three was involved.
“Are you selling both barrels?”
Chen Wang asked casually.
"Ah? Yes, we're selling them all. We just caught them today."
After a brief panic, my aunt nodded hurriedly.
Chen Wang responded and started weighing directly.
"One is 36 jin 5 liang, the other is 38 jin 7 liang, so 72 jin 2 liang, there are definitely more than 2 liang between the two buckets, so I'll count it as 72 jin for you."
“Sure, sure.”
My aunt nodded happily in agreement.
Chen Wang looked at the little girl holding the money and said, "Give me 7.5 yuan!"
"oh!"
The little girl nodded obediently, took out a five-yuan note, a two-yuan note, and a fifty-cent note, and handed them to her aunt.
"Thank you, thank you."
My aunt took the money and thanked me repeatedly.
Chen Wang poured the two buckets of lobsters into a stainless steel bucket and then returned the bucket to his aunt.
"Awang, I'll sell it to you tomorrow?"
The aunt asked with some trepidation.
Chen Wang nodded indifferently.
"That's great. Thank you so much."
The aunt thanked him with a complicated expression, then turned and left with the empty bucket.
7.5 yuan is not a small amount of money for their family. They can use it to buy several kilograms of meat to improve their lives.
You know, nowadays the workers who build houses work very hard but only earn less than two dollars a day.
It is still the slack season for farmers, and many people can't find work.
The women who wanted to watch the fun didn't get to watch it, so they left together whispering to each other.
"Brother, I cleaned those lobsters, you help me cook them."
The little girl pointed to a basket of vegetables not far away and asked expectantly.
When Chen Wang looked over, he saw that the basket was full of processed lobsters. He guessed that the little girl and his wife processed them together when no one came to sell lobsters.
The little girl definitely can't do it by herself. She definitely doesn't dare to cut the head and remove the shrimp thread. At most she can just scrub it.
It was getting late, so Chen Wang prepared to stew the shrimps and then make a few dishes with the soft-shelled turtles and eels he had caught in the trap yesterday.
I don’t let my wife eat soft-shelled turtle, but she can eat eel in moderation, but it can’t be made too spicy. She can also stir-fry some vegetables.
After making the decision, Chen Wang immediately started to get busy.
First, I made some crayfish with garlic, then braised soft-shelled turtle with potatoes and stir-fried eel slices, and finally a dish of stir-fried water spinach.
By the time the meal was ready, it was almost half past five.
Chen Wang asked the little girl to wake up his sleeping wife, and they sat together to enjoy a sumptuous dinner.
After eating and resting for a while, more people came to sell lobsters.
I bought several stainless steel thermos buckets. The large one can hold more than 100 kilograms of lobsters, and the smaller one can hold 40 to 50 kilograms without any problem.
Including the 300 kilograms from yesterday, we now have 700 to 800 kilograms of lobsters.
Chen Wang didn’t think it was too much. He had to sell at least 500 kilograms tomorrow morning anyway.
Moreover, crayfish are very hardy. If you add some water to the container, they will not die in a day or two.
Later, Yan Yulan also came, bringing her two younger brothers with her.
It was because she bought too many lobsters and one person couldn't carry them all.
Her two younger brothers were carrying a urea sack filled with lobsters.
After weighing, it weighed more than 150 kilograms.
Yan Yulan insisted on calculating it based on only 150 kilograms, saying that some of the shrimps must have been crushed.
Chen Wang didn't argue with her and just gave her 30 yuan.
When her two younger brothers saw this, their eyes lit up.
This is a direct profit of nearly 15 yuan. How can such a good thing happen?
"You guys go back first, I'll help here."
Yan Yulan handed the money to her older brother and said to the two of them.
She knew that she would have to process lobsters in the evening, so she volunteered to stay and help.
"Sister, why don't we stay and help too!"
“Yes, we can help.”
The two younger brothers spoke one after another.
Chen Wang looked at this scene and wondered if it was unnecessary for him to spend money to hire someone.
"Hurry back, there will definitely be people selling lobsters at night, go help dad!"
Yan Yulan waved her hand.
"Okay, sister, then you should come back earlier. It's not safe on the road if it's too late."
"Oh, don't worry about it. Da Zhuang will ride his bike to take me back when the time comes."
"Oh, that's good!"
"We're leaving."
After saying that, the two brothers turned around and went back.
"Actually, we have hired someone. You must be exhausted after a long day. You don't need to help here."
Chen Wang said to Yan Yulan with a smile.
Yan Yulan shook her head and said, "I have nothing to do if I go back now, so it's good to be here with you guys."
"All right!"
Chen Wang didn't say anything more.
After a while, Chen Dazhuang and his master Chen Jianjun came over with three middle-aged women.
Chen Wang knew one of the women. She was the wife of Chen Weibing, who lived next door to his master. He didn’t know the other two, but they looked a little familiar.
After Chen Jianjun introduced Chen Wang, Chen Wang began to teach the three of them how to clean and process lobsters.
A few minutes later, two women of similar age to Lin Xiuqin came over.
Both of them were good friends of Lin Xiuqin in the village. One of them married two years earlier than Lin Xiuqin, and the other was a girl from Chenjia Village who was waiting to be married.
The five women were all very hardworking at home. After learning how to deal with it from Chen Wang, they gathered in a circle and started to get busy.
We worked while chatting and laughing, and it didn't feel hard at all.
Chen Wang also asked the little girl to go into the house to get some iced soda and gave each of them a bottle.
The women were flattered and worked even harder.
Since there are people doing the work, Chen Wang naturally won't tire himself out, otherwise why would he spend the money to hire someone.
Lin Xiuqin wanted to join them in the work, but he firmly stopped her and just asked her to sit aside and watch, chat with them, and act as a silent supervisor.
Seeing that they had become proficient in their work, Chen Wang and Chen Dazhuang carried buckets to the riverside to collect the traps.
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